MFG has completed on its 1,000th ultra-rapid EV charging bay, just four years after it began investing in the sector.
The UK’s largest independent forecourt operator now also runs around 12% of all ultra-rapid EV chargers in the country, defined as sockets that can deliver power at speeds of 150kW or more.
The achievement comes after MFG, owned by US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice committed around £400m to EV chargers, with £170m earmarked for 2025 alone, using funds accrued from fuel and shop sales to conduct what it calls its “aggressive” expansion into the chargepoint sector, which began in 2021.
The result is so far that the company has over 1,000 bays at 170 hubs across the country, including 20% of ultra-rapid sockets inside the M25, making it the biggest non-proprietorial (IE excluding Tesla) ultra-rapid provider in this region - though with over 1,200 forecourts in the UK, petrol rather than plugs remains core to the firm’s commercial operations.
MFG has installed 66 chargepoint bays across the 337 Morrisons forecourts it acquired in 2024, with plans for a further 150 in Q3 of 2025. An average of more than 20 MFG EV Power branded bays are opened each week in the UK.
As with most mainstream chargepoint firms at present, MFG is concentrating on ultra-rapid points, with these fast becoming the industry norm. The company often favours chargepoints made by Italian firm Alpitronic, whose Hyperchargers have also become a staple in the sector.
William Bannister, chief executive officer of MFG, said his firm has been ”investing ahead of the curve” in EV charging, and that the company’s commitment to electric power is “unwavering”.
